tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20652502380262194072017-09-01T00:35:10.216-07:00Special Issues and EventsAssociation of Pauline Cooperators space to share information for a response to special issues and eventsAssociation of Pauline Cooperatorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620313417187716937noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065250238026219407.post-70230824312927269932016-12-08T07:14:00.001-08:002016-12-08T07:14:18.272-08:00Special Prayer Intention Through Blessed Alberione's IntercessionI am asking for your prayers for a particular girl through the intercession of a particular Blessed in the Church. Please take a moment to read below.<br />Her parents, Fr. Ed Riley and I make this particular request. Her parents are members of the Pauline Family as postulants in the Holy Family Institute.<br /><br />Christina Dangond is a young girl who was diagnosed in 2012 with a rare form of cancer when she was 6 years old. Christina is now 10 years old. She has proven through her vitality, unbreakable faith, strength and courage, that one can go through the most difficult tests in life with a beautiful smile and a supreme confidence in Jesus.<br /><br />A kindred spirit to Blessed James Alberione in the desire to spread the Gospel of Jesus Master, Way, Truth and Life, Christina and Blessed James may be separated by time but are joined through eternity: One needs a miracle to live, the other a miracle to be canonized a Saint. Please join us in praying daily through the intercession of Blessed James for the miraculous cure of Christina with complete confidence in and gratitude to Almighty God the Father through Jesus Master, His only Son, in the Holy Spirit! Prayer is below. Won't you join us!<br /><br />Blessed James Alberione<br />Founder of the Pauline Family<br /><br />Prayer<br /><br />Most Holy Trinity, who has willed to revive in the Church the apostolic Charism of St. Paul, revealing yourself in the light of the Eucharist to Blessed James Alberione, founder of the Pauline Family, grant that the presence of Christ the Master, Way, Truth and Life, may shine the world through Mary, Mother and Queen of the Apostles.<br />Glorify in your Church this apostle of the new evangelization, and raise up men and women open to the "signs of the times" who, following his example will use the modern means of communication to lead all of humanity to you.<br />Through the intercession of Blessed James grant me the grace that I ask for at this time, the complete healing of Christina Dangond from all of her cancer.<br /><br />Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.<br /><br />Thank you everyone. Praise be Jesus Christ! Now and forever! Jesus I trust in you!<br /><br />Help me spread it!Association of Pauline Cooperatorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620313417187716937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065250238026219407.post-39419852792503834362016-11-22T14:50:00.001-08:002016-11-22T14:50:28.201-08:00Preparing for the Centenary!Dear Cooperators,<br /><br />The preparation of the Centenary of the Foundation of the Pauline Cooperators, of which we informed you in a previous letter, saw the Commission engaged to develop proposals and to initiate projects, which you suggested, that will be communicated shortly.<br />The events organized by the Commission will have the characteristic of internationality and will be aimed at the Cooperators of all the Congregations of the Pauline Family. During this year of celebration we can not forget, however, national and local realities, that is, the concrete area where you live and carry out your mission with the entire Pauline Family.<br />What then is the spirit in which to live and celebrate this centenary? Reviewing "movie" of these first 100 years, we realize that it has experienced a twofold story: the chronological dictated by events in their chronological order: the birth of the Association, the first steps, growth in Italy and abroad etc. .; and that written by God through the Association of Pauline Cooperators development: the promotion of the laity that takes the spirituality and the apostolic work of the Pauline Family.<br /><br />Another aspect that we would like would characterize these celebrations is that of unity of all the Cooperators in the area: we hope that the Cooperators of a nation come together to plan together and in unity with the entire Pauline Family, a program of events and celebrations in order to enhance the knowledge and the value of the Association.<br />The unifying element of all that you program with your enthusiasm and your zeal in the area will have to be inspired by the theme we have chosen as the theme of this centenary: "You wake up the world with the light of the Gospel." It is true that each of you work on a different area, but all of us, feeling sons of Blessed James Alberione, we live in the time marked by the Church of Pope Francis.<br /><br />May you be strengthened in your Pauline identity during this year of grace, and recall the same missionary spirit of our Father, St. Paul.<br /><br />May the Lord bless you all.<br /><br />Don Valdir José De Castro, ssp &nbsp;(Father General)<br />Sr. Anna Maria Parenzan, fsp (Daughters of St. Paul, Superior General)<br />Sr. M. Regina Cesarato, pddm (Sister Disciples, Superior General)<br />Sr. Marta Finotelli, sjbp (Sisters of Jesus the Good Shepherd, Superior General)<br />Sr. Marina Caps, ap &nbsp;(Queen of Apostles, Superior General)<br /><br />Rome October 30, 2016<br />Solemnity of Jesus Christ the Divine Master<br /><br />Logo of &nbsp;the Pauline Cooperators<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dSUBXL2UTQc/WDTLd3bncCI/AAAAAAAAMBI/A-nvl0NZ4lgSeCW2NueszbMTH1l8li-FgCLcB/s1600/APC%2Blogo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="170" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dSUBXL2UTQc/WDTLd3bncCI/AAAAAAAAMBI/A-nvl0NZ4lgSeCW2NueszbMTH1l8li-FgCLcB/s200/APC%2Blogo.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Association of Pauline Cooperatorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620313417187716937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065250238026219407.post-41528724599088395042016-10-02T09:23:00.000-07:002016-10-02T09:23:26.034-07:00Pauline Cooperator OrganizationComing soon! Charts and structure.Association of Pauline Cooperatorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620313417187716937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065250238026219407.post-2644103319533684032015-06-25T12:47:00.000-07:002015-06-25T12:47:06.052-07:00Special Issues<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_eNtQ7LUBs8/VYxahdB1rAI/AAAAAAAALPk/tISOFWFV3l4/s1600/Alberione%2Bat%2BVatican%2BII.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_eNtQ7LUBs8/VYxahdB1rAI/AAAAAAAALPk/tISOFWFV3l4/s1600/Alberione%2Bat%2BVatican%2BII.jpg" /></a></div>The space on this blog is for Special Events of International Importance so that Paulines may respond to them though Pauline Channels.<br />Sr Margaret Charles, fspAssociation of Pauline Cooperatorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620313417187716937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065250238026219407.post-86060842383525806732014-04-02T13:27:00.003-07:002014-04-02T13:44:01.637-07:00From Pauline Sisters in Chile Regarding the Earthquake<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ykyhyPyfYLs/Uzxyhey5CzI/AAAAAAAACZo/4twu9N73ItA/s1600/chile.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ykyhyPyfYLs/Uzxyhey5CzI/AAAAAAAACZo/4twu9N73ItA/s1600/chile.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paulines and Staff in Chile</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="text-align: center;">Santiago del Cile 2 aprile 2014</span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">A cordial greeting to all of you .<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">As you know , our country has been hit again by a strong earthquake ( measuring 8.3 on the Richter scale &nbsp;) followed by a tsunami . The quake occurred this time in the North, with its epicenter in the ocean, between the cities of <st1:city w:st="on">Arica</st1:city> and <st1:place w:st="on">Iquique</st1:place>. The authorities have extended the tsunami warning for the entire coast of the country, as a prevention.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">For already 15 days , there had been a succession of tremors in the North (more than 400). They had expected an earthquake of greater magnitude and experts predict that there will still be an even stronger one to come due to the tectonic plate motion .<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><st1:place w:st="on">Chile</st1:place> is the most seismic country of the world, often there are tremors in every part of the territory. Occasionally there are large earthquakes. Despite having a long experience with earthquakes, people still always get scared and many die from heart problems. Many buildings were damaged and as of now, 6 people have died. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Our sisters of <st1:place w:st="on">Antofagasta</st1:place> and Tocopilla have had to leave their homes and spend the night in shelters located in higher areas , to protect themselves from the threat of tsunami . Thank God nothing has happened and all are doing well.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">On the other hand, four of our bookcenters are located in flood hazard areas , but for now have not been affected .<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">We thank God for the life of our people , and we continue to pray for everyone so that they can overcome the trauma that each earthquake causes and thank you for the prayers that you offer us in solidarity in this difficult time .<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Fraternally .<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Sr. Iris Pontin and sisters<o:p></o:p></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT">Delegation of Chile</span></div>Association of Pauline Cooperatorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620313417187716937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065250238026219407.post-61104849487584075042013-12-31T11:42:00.000-08:002013-12-31T11:42:28.534-08:00Eucharistic Adoration for the Feast of St. Paul <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HtQ_zf1834A/SklXA9qE_SI/AAAAAAAAAmA/6uafSgowjJ8/s1600/St.-Paul++Oldest+Image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="153" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HtQ_zf1834A/SklXA9qE_SI/AAAAAAAAAmA/6uafSgowjJ8/s320/St.-Paul++Oldest+Image.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><i><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;">A Pauline Centenary Pastoral Tool: Eucharistic Adoration n. 4<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><i><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;">PAULINE SPIRITUALITY AND <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">MISSION</st1:place></st1:city> ***<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Comic Sans MS&quot;;"><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">ST. PAUL</st1:place></st1:city> (January 25, 2014)</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Comic Sans MS&quot;;">“<st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Saint Paul</st1:place></st1:city>’s <i>Mistica-Metanoia-Missio</i> Experience”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div align="left" class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText">(+) Jesus Master …</div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><b>INTRODUCTION<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-indent: .5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-indent: .5in;">On the road to <st1:city w:st="on">Damascus</st1:city>, Saul of Tarsus had a profound, dynamic, spiritual experience. It was God’s initiative, grace, and compassion that brought about Paul’s encounter with the Risen Lord. It was an experience of light – of revelation – of who Christ really is for Paul. In this Eucharistic Adoration, let us pray that as we celebrate the Centenary of the foundation of the Pauline Family, we may re-live deeply <st1:city w:st="on">Saint Paul</st1:city>’s experience of <i>metanoia-mistica-missio</i>.<b><o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><b>OPENING SONG:</b> <i>“Earthen Vessels”</i> or another appropriate song</div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><b>SILENT ADORATION - PERSONAL PRAYER<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><b>PROCLAMATION OF PAULINE VERSES<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><b>Antiphon:</b> O Saint Paul the Apostle, preacher of truth and doctor of the Gentiles, intercede for us. <i>(sung)</i></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText">1. After that, Saul began to harass the Church. He entered house after house, dragged men and women out, and threw them into jail. <b>(<st1:place w:st="on">Ant.</st1:place>)</b><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText">2. “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?” “Who are you, Sir?” he asked. The voice answered, “I am Jesus, the one you are persecuting. <b>(<st1:place w:st="on">Ant.</st1:place>)</b><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText">3. For he who worked through Peter as his apostle among the Jews had been at work in me for the Gentiles and they recognized the favor bestowed on me. <b>(<st1:place w:st="on">Ant.</st1:place>)</b><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText">4. With my many more labors and imprisonments, with far worse beatings and frequent brushes with death. <b>(<st1:place w:st="on">Ant.</st1:place>)</b><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText">5. And so I willingly boast of my weaknesses instead that the power of Christ may rest upon me. <b>(<st1:place w:st="on">Ant.</st1:place>)</b><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText">6. But by God’s favor I am what I am. This favor to me has not proved fruitless. <b>(<st1:place w:st="on">Ant.</st1:place>)</b><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText">7. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. From now on a merited crown awaits me. On that day the Lord, the just judge that he is, will award it to me. <b>(<st1:place w:st="on">Ant.</st1:place>)</b><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><b>PRAYER</b></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><b>Leader:</b> God our Father,</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-indent: .5in;">you taught the gospel to all the world</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-indent: .5in;">through the preaching of Paul your apostle.</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-indent: .5in;">May we who celebrate his conversion to the faith</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-indent: .5in;">follow him in bearing witness to your truth.</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-indent: .5in;">We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-indent: .5in;">who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-indent: .5in;">one God, forever and ever.</div><div align="left" class="MsoBodyText"><b>Assembly:</b> Amen.</div><div align="center" class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><b>FIRST <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">READING</st1:place></st1:city>: </b>Acts 22:3-16 or Acts 9:1-22<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><b>RESPONSORIAL PSALM:</b> Psalm 98 (cf. “All the Ends of the Earth”<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: .5in; text-indent: .5in;">by David Haas and Marty Haugen) or another fitting psalm<b><o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><b>ALLELUIA - GOSPEL:</b> Mk 16: 15-18</div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><b>POINTS FOR REFLECTION<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-indent: .5in;">The feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul provides wonderful insights into his spiritual journey, which can be summed up as “MISTICA” (spiritual experience), “METANOIA” (conversion-transformation) and “MISSIO” (mission of evangelization). Paul’s spiritual journey was a spiritual experience that produced a transformation and impelled him to assume a mission of evangelization. The converted Paul thus became an apostle of Christ to the nations.</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-indent: .5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-indent: .5in;"><b><i>Mistica</i>:</b> On the road to <st1:city w:st="on">Damascus</st1:city>, Saul of Tarsus had a profound, dynamic, spiritual experience. It was God’s initiative, grace, and compassion that brought about Paul’s encounter with the Risen Lord. It was an experience of light – of revelation – of who Christ really is for Paul. Christ revealed himself not as an enemy, but as a personal Savior. Moreover, on the road to <st1:city w:st="on">Damascus</st1:city>, it was revealed that Jesus of Nazareth lives on in his Body, the Church – the suffering Church. It was a knocked-down experience that left Paul vulnerable, defenseless, and open to grace. He could not help but welcome the loving initiative of God. <st1:city w:st="on">Saint Paul</st1:city>is a model for us of total receptivity and openness to grace.</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-indent: .5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-indent: .5in;"><b><i>Metanoia</i></b>: Paul confessed: <i>“I was once a blasphemer, a persecutor, a man filled with arrogance, but I have been mercifully treated … I thank Christ Jesus our Lord. He has strengthened me … made me his servant”</i>(cf. I Tim 1:12-13). He experienced a change of heart, reorientation of goals, renewed vision, and life transformation. From a bold persecutor of Christ-Church, he became a vessel of grace and the great apostle to the nations. As we look to <st1:city w:st="on">Saint Paul</st1:city>as a model of true conversion, let us turn away from thoughts, words and actions that negate the love of Christ … from inconsiderate actions and words that wound the Church … from irresponsible deeds that do not promote the dignity and personal worth of our brothers and sisters in Christ.&nbsp; Above all, <st1:city w:st="on">Saint Paul</st1:city>is our model of “christification”. Blessed James Alberione, the founder of the Pauline Family, exhorts us: “So then reach the point of <i>Vivit in me Christus</i>… when our thoughts and desires exist no more, but we live in Christ … It is not <i>I</i> anymore, but <i>Christ</i> in me. Transformation, transformation! In that way we have not only a body and soul, but another natural life – that is, the life itself of Christ.”</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-indent: .5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-indent: .5in;"><b><i>Missio</i></b>: Paul’s mystic experience and conversion led to a special task or mandate: the mission of salvation … the call to evangelization. The Risen Lord who appeared to Paul made him a servant and witness to the nations. He mandated Paul to preach the Gospel that he may turn their darkness to light … that they may be brought back to God … that they may obtain forgiveness of sins and become part of God’s covenant people.</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-indent: .5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-indent: .5in;">Today’s Gospel reading (Mk 16:15-18) about the missionary mandate to go out to the whole world and tell the Good News and about the signs of protection and power that will accompany the believers is fully exemplified in the life and person of <st1:city w:st="on">Saint Paul</st1:city>. He went to the Gentile world to preach the Gospel of salvation. He was baptized by Ananias in <st1:city w:st="on">Damascus</st1:city>. Totally obedient to Christ in faith, he became God’s vessel of salvation to the nations. He made the crippled man in Lystra walk. Through the apostle, God performed unusual miracles in <st1:city w:st="on">Ephesus</st1:city>. Even handkerchiefs and aprons Paul had used were taken to the sick, and their diseases were driven away, and the evil spirits would go out of them. At Troas Paul resuscitated Eutychus, who fell from the third story to the ground during an evening fellowship meal while sitting drowsily by the window. When they picked him up, Eutychus was dead but Paul gave him back to them alive. After a shipwreck in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Malta</st1:country-region>, Paul was bitten by a snake but was unharmed. Also in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Malta</st1:country-region>, he healed the father of Publius, the chief of the island, and many others. Wherever he went, Paul was speaking a totally “new language” – the good news about Jesus as the Son of God – a marvelously “new language” of love and salvation.</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-indent: .5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-indent: .5in;">On this beautiful feast of Paul’s conversion, we conclude this year’s Octave of Prayer for the Unity of Christians (January 18-25, 2014). I remember an ecumenical prayer service that I attended in the 1980’s at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Rome</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Italy</st1:country-region></st1:place>. Pope John Paul II led the prayers for Christian unity with the participation of leaders from various denominations. That evening I felt that the spirit of <st1:city w:st="on">Saint Paul</st1:city> was with us – challenging us to center our lives on Christ that we may overcome the divisions among us believers. We have a long way to go, but in faith we continue our quest for Christian unity so that at the end we could declare with <st1:city w:st="on">Saint Paul</st1:city>:<i> “Because there is one bread, we though many are one body, for we all share in the one loaf and in the one cup” </i>(I Cor 10:17). This year’s theme focuses on <st1:city w:st="on">Saint Paul</st1:city>’s provocative question, <i>“Has Christ Been Divided?”</i>(I Cor 1:13). We continue to be divided by doctrine, policy, and practice, and to maintain our own religious identity, yet our pilgrimage towards unity continues under God’s guidance.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-indent: .5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><b>SONG: </b><i>“One Bread, One Body”</i> or another appropriate song<b><o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><b>POINTS FOR THE EXAMINATION OF THE HEART<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-indent: .5in;">Each of us has a spiritual experience. How do we imitate Paul in being receptive and responsive to this experience? Do we imitate him in our work of conversion and “christification”? How do we carry out the mission of evangelization?</div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><b>PERSONAL RESOLUTION<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><b>PRAYER TO SAINT PAUL THE APOSTLE: </b>Cf. Manual of Prayer p.233<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText">Holy Apostle who, with your teachings and with your charity, have taught the entire world, look kindly upon us, your children and disciples. We expect everything from your prayers to the Divine Master and to Mary, Queen of the Apostles. Grant, Doctor of the Gentiles, that we may live by faith, save ourselves by hope, and that charity alone may reign in us. Obtain for us, vessel of election, docile correspondence to divine grace, so that it may not remain unfruitful in us. Grant that we may ever better know you, love you and imitate you; that we may be living members of the Church, the Mystical Body of Jesus Christ. Raise up many and holy apostles. May the warm breath of true charity permeate the entire world. Grant that all may know and glorify God and the Divine Master, Way, Truth and Life.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText">And, Lord Jesus, you know we have no faith in our own powers. In your mercy grant that we may be defended against all adversity, through the powerful intercession of Saint Paul, our Teacher and Father.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><b>SONG:</b> “For the Sake of Christ”, or “Only This I Want”, or another appropriate song</div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><b>ROSARY “THE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES”:<i> </i></b><i>The Rosary may be prayed in part or in full.</i><b><o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><b>PRAYER: “<st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Saint Paul</st1:place></st1:city>, the Apostle of Jesus Christ”<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><b>Leader:</b> God our Father, thank you for giving us <st1:city w:st="on">Saint Paul</st1:city> to be the apostle of your Son Jesus Christ. With his great love and passion for Jesus and the Church, <st1:city w:st="on">Saint Paul</st1:city> used all means and became all things to all so that the power of the Gospel can reach all. With zeal he faced the challenges of travel, cultures and imprisonments and beatings; of shipwrecks and sleepless night, of magic and philosophies. Through all these he steadfastly witnessed to the length, breadth and depth of the mystery of God’s saving love and grace in Jesus Christ.</div><div class="MsoBodyText"><b>Assembly:</b> We ask you, loving Father, that we may continue to know <st1:city w:st="on">Saint Paul</st1:city>, especially his epistles which are now part of our Scriptures. May we understand the love for you and Jesus and the Church that consumed his life. May we serve you and the Church as he did, tirelessly, relentlessly, faithfully and lovingly.</div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><b>Leader:</b> At the end, <st1:city w:st="on">Saint Paul</st1:city>gave his life as a lasting witness to his deep and living faith in Jesus and in his Body, the Church. We pray that in celebrating the grace you have shown to <st1:city w:st="on">Saint Paul</st1:city>, we may also deepen our faith and trust in your loving mercy and grace.</div><div class="MsoBodyText"><b>Assembly:</b> Help us to know, understand and love <st1:city w:st="on">Saint Paul</st1:city>, tireless worker for the Church. Through him, we can be sure that we will be led to you, our Father, in heaven.</div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><b>Leader:</b> We thank Jesus, who showed his mercy and revealed himself to <st1:city w:st="on">Saint Paul</st1:city>, for giving the apostle to us as our example and intercessor. May <st1:city w:st="on">Saint Paul</st1:city> continue to intercede for us and for our country that we, too, may turn from sinful ways and be converted, so that we may attain peace in our hearts, in our families, in our country and in the world.</div><div class="MsoBodyText"><b>Assembly:</b> We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever. Amen.</div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><b>SONG:</b> <i>“Scio Cui Credidi”</i> or another appropriate song</div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div align="center" class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: center;"><i>Prepared by Sr. Mary Margaret Tapang, PDDM<o:p></o:p></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: center;"><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:street w:st="on"><i>3700 North Cornelia Avenue</i></st1:street><i>, <st1:city w:st="on">Fresno</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">CA</st1:state></i></st1:address><i>-<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center" class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Comic Sans MS&quot;;">***<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br /></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Comic Sans MS&quot;; font-size: 10.0pt;">ARCHIVES<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Comic Sans MS&quot;; font-size: 10.0pt;">1. Adoration Guide: “JESUS MASTER: He Imparts the Light of Faith”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Comic Sans MS&quot;; font-size: 10.0pt;">2. Adoration Guide: “Light of Faith”<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Comic Sans MS&quot;; font-size: 10.0pt;">3. Adoration Guide: “The Word Became Flesh … The Word Became Bread”&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></div>Association of Pauline Cooperatorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620313417187716937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065250238026219407.post-45626179047346116092013-01-03T09:26:00.000-08:002013-01-03T09:26:19.605-08:00Pauline Centenary Prayer<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XBmfWEBIhfs/UOW_HWARWZI/AAAAAAAABu8/sITlw22SH44/s1600/logo_only_ita.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="159" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XBmfWEBIhfs/UOW_HWARWZI/AAAAAAAABu8/sITlw22SH44/s320/logo_only_ita.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background: white; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial; padding: 0in;">Prayer to the Trinity for our one hundred years of service to the Church <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="background: white; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="background: white; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">O HOLY TRINITY,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">you make us shine your light divine,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">receive our joyful praise and blessing,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">for the first hundred years of the life of our Pauline Family.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: 0px;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">We<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><strong style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; outline: 0px;">thank you</strong><span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>, Father of immense tenderness<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">for the rich outpouring of grace<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">poured out on our family during these years of service to the Church,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">for the wonders of apostolic holiness operated<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">in Blessed Alberione, our founder, the Blessed Giaccardo,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">in Maestra Tecla, in Mother Scholastica,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">and many brothers and sisters in the "marvelous Pauline Family",<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">we thank you for all the initiatives in the various apostolic sectors,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">through the riches of communication<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">have helped you, Father, to the knowledge and worship Thy name<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">and show me your glory.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: 0px;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">I<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><strong style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; outline: 0px;">humbly ask forgiveness</strong><span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>, Divine Master, Good Shepherd,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">because we have not always responded generously<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">to the needs of our mission,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">because we have not taken the time and care enough<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">to know your Word and the depth of our charism,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">to be assigned to more than our abilities and means<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">that the gift of your infinite mercy.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: 0px;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">I<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><strong style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; outline: 0px;">beseech you</strong><span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>, Holy Spirit, the Paraclete,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">through the intercession of Mary, Queen of Apostles,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">filled with lively wisdom to guide those who have put<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">so that they can clearly discern<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">in what ways you want to lead our family;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">inondaci with your breath of life, as in a renewed Pentecost;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">make us able to new prophecy<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">to give fulfillment to the dream of our Blessed Founder:<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><em style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; outline: 0px;">Jesus Christ live and donate</em><span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>- as Way, Truth and Life -<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>the men and women of our time,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>and to be "Paul alive today" in the Church of God</span><br /><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br /><!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: 0px;"><em style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; outline: 0px;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Glory to the Father and to the Son, and the Holy Spirit ...</span></em><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Association of Pauline Cooperatorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620313417187716937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065250238026219407.post-68245332509770300752012-12-04T09:29:00.002-08:002012-12-04T09:29:14.968-08:00Staten Island Hurricane Relief and Paulines<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jOj3SlTIaUY" width="560"></iframe>Association of Pauline Cooperatorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620313417187716937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065250238026219407.post-58794982367212441892012-10-24T07:25:00.001-07:002012-10-26T08:09:04.612-07:00Paulines in Ecuador<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnnFgyUaF0s/UIf6Y0AX4lI/AAAAAAAABj4/OaZJ_uMteMw/s1600/banner_mujeres_emprendedoras.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnnFgyUaF0s/UIf6Y0AX4lI/AAAAAAAABj4/OaZJ_uMteMw/s320/banner_mujeres_emprendedoras.jpg" width="107" /></a></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif; font-size: medium;">Greetings from our Sisters in Ecuador who are very much in need of our prayers!</span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif; font-size: medium;">This past Friday a terrible&nbsp;storm hit the brand new bookcenter that our Sisters in Ecuador just opened in the city of Loja. They had dedicated the entire week to preparing&nbsp; the newly rented location and returned to Quito grateful for having left the new bookcenter all ready for the grand opening on Monday.</span></div><div class="gmail_quote"></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif; font-size: medium;">When the Sisters returned to open the bookcenter to the public, they found that most of&nbsp;the&nbsp;bookcenter had been flooded and the majority of the books were totally damaged. They lost almost all their stock.</span></div><div class="gmail_quote"></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif; font-size: medium;">As you can imagine the Sisters are in a very difficult situation. They had taken out a loan to pay for the initial preparations of the center and to purchase the stock of books and now they have nothing with which to pay back their loan.</span></div><div class="gmail_quote"></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif; font-size: medium;">Sr. Nubia, the Provincial,&nbsp;traveled yesterday to Quito to visit the city of Loja and determine what can be salvaged. The Sisters&nbsp;have put their faith and trust in God to provide a cooperator or benefactor who will be able to help them financially. </span><span style="font-family: garamond,serif; font-size: medium;">The entire province is praying the Pact everyday for this intention and they&nbsp;trust in our prayers too that the Lord will provide and somehow allow that this new bookcenter can be opened in Loja.</span></div><div class="gmail_quote"></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif; font-size: medium;">God bless you all!<br />Sr. Maria Ruth--on behalf of our Sisters in Ecuador</span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><a href="mailto:Radiorut@aol.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif; font-size: medium;">Radiorut@aol.com</span></a></div><div class="gmail_quote"></div><div class="gmail_quote"></div>Association of Pauline Cooperatorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620313417187716937noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065250238026219407.post-48779613027563513132012-10-01T15:36:00.002-07:002012-10-01T15:36:36.419-07:00What about the Rosary<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XNTELscp8qQ/S1DMtNUbCOI/AAAAAAAAA6w/5EHIBoXX4uo/s1600/250px-Ohrid_annunciation_icon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XNTELscp8qQ/S1DMtNUbCOI/AAAAAAAAA6w/5EHIBoXX4uo/s200/250px-Ohrid_annunciation_icon.jpg" width="145" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">What About the Rosary - History and Devotion</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;MV Boli&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: &quot;MV Boli&quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Miriam; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;The Rosary, the blessed beads that quietly slip between our fingers as we pray over the mysteries of Jesus’ redemptive life, has an ancient origin.&nbsp; Most likely its pre-Christian ancestor originated in the ancient East, perhaps in </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-family: &quot;MV Boli&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: &quot;MV Boli&quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Miriam; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">India</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family: &quot;MV Boli&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: &quot;MV Boli&quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Miriam; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">, and not in the medieval West.&nbsp; It was and still is a popular prayer device among the Muslims, who use the Arabic term <i>masbahat </i>, which means to give praise.&nbsp; Devout Muslims used the<i> masbahat&nbsp; </i>in repeating the attributes of God, just as it was used by the early Christian hermits.&nbsp; Following the Crusades the Rosary found its way to the West, and the prayer form kept that name.&nbsp; “Rosary” comes from the Latin <i>rosarium,</i> which means a rose garden<a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B-PIh0MeUzvnS09GVlBWR2ViZDg"> Click here to read more&nbsp;</a></span><br /><br /><br />Association of Pauline Cooperatorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620313417187716937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065250238026219407.post-41563491188826452012012-07-27T13:52:00.004-07:002012-07-27T13:53:10.187-07:00A Time of Silence<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-n5uGsGuKgGY/UBL_e2uGVDI/AAAAAAAABUo/8vIAhn6wyvA/s1600/Damascus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-n5uGsGuKgGY/UBL_e2uGVDI/AAAAAAAABUo/8vIAhn6wyvA/s1600/Damascus.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div dir="LTR" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">At this stage of great<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>and blind<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>violence the<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>rule of silence is imposed.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Anyway<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>our little voices are stifled by the long and heavy<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family: Arial;">Calvary</span></st1:place><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">of (few people) small nation from one side<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>and a complexity that is blocking any diplomatic solution<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>from<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>the other side ....</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">This small nation is sinking into<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>suffering and<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>pointless<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>violence and still does not see the end ...<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>For over 16 months and the central<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>government is<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>facing in a protracted conflict the<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>successive waves of rebellions who are passing over<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>the authority<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>....</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">When getting out in the street<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>of<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family: Arial;">Damascus</span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">the men would be crossing<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>angry refugees seeking<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>a refuge and a<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>shortage<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>of assistance.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">The lack of charity<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>organizations, the embargo and,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>the limited<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>available<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>resources, do not help<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>into solving<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>the problem and feed<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>furthermore<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>the anxiety.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Apart from political divisions,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>the<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>prolonged unemployment and insecurity have</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">favored the terrible wave of kidnapping<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>of<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>people for ransom.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">The person often<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>kidnapped while<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>leaving<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>his<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>school or<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>work, is either a son or a brother or a father of a family who<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>had to<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>continue<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>on<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>working under the fear ...</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">You have to see the panic and anxiety of the family who struggles to<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>raise the sum of money from relatives, neighbors, friends and parishes to save a son, a brother or<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>a<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>father<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>...</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">This bad practice<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>is terrorizing the social and<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>the parish life: the<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>religious<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>practice<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>already weakened<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>is going<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>down again,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>the<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>children no longer come to catechism and<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>to<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>pastoral activities.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">The terrorized families are only thinking of the exodus that is<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>becoming impossible<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>because the closing of the foreign consulates and the official authorities who are banning the families from crossing the borders. It is a depressing situation …</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">So the Christian minority is turning<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>now<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>to its martyrs who<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>are present in the history and<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>the collective<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>memory …<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;"DO NOT BE<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>AFRAID&nbsp; ..."<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">John 6.20</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">says the<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Lord...</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div dir="LTR" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Our Martyrs of<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family: Arial;">Damascus</span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">-<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>1860 were<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>celebrated on<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:date day="10" month="7" year="2012"><span style="font-family: Arial;">July 10, 2012</span></st1:date><span style="font-family: Arial;"> in a foretaste of the<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Kingdom...</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="right" dir="LTR" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Summer 2012 + Samir Nassar</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Maronite archbishop of<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family: Arial;">Damascus</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial;">Email:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span><a href="mailto:mgrsamirnassar@gmail.com" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial;" target="_blank">mgrsamirnassar@gmail.com</a></div>Association of Pauline Cooperatorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620313417187716937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065250238026219407.post-11083997335231096832012-07-27T13:25:00.002-07:002012-07-27T13:58:59.921-07:00Apocalypse and Resurrection<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TppfuZinUWI/UBMA7Mh4PHI/AAAAAAAABUw/9klK_RI_DCY/s1600/guardian.co.uk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="120" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TppfuZinUWI/UBMA7Mh4PHI/AAAAAAAABUw/9klK_RI_DCY/s200/guardian.co.uk.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Damascus, Syria</b></span><br /><br />Dear friends<br />I will keep on writing as long as I live and as the Internet access is still possible ...<br />Since Tuesday, July 17, 2012 morning, the battles reached the capital <br />Damascus using heavy weapons, tanks and helicopters in a crowded city. The destruction is enormous. What a Calvary!<br />The clashes are taking place in the streets and move from one neighborhood to another. It is impossible to sleep with the fear and the sound of bombs and gunfire of cannons. Summer temperatures are from 42°C (108°F) to 56°C (133°F) and power outages are awful.<br />Damascus is cut off the rest of the Syrian cities and suffers from many shortages.<br />The supplies can no longer reach it. We are short of bread, vegetables, live, cooking gas and fuel for bakeries ...<br />Run for your lives ... Many families are leaving the hot neighborhoods of battles to form an endless chain on the road to Lebanon. Other roads to Jordan, Iraq and north to Homs-Aleppo are closed.<br />A general feeling of panic is causing the exodus towards Lebanon. I hope the people the will find the proper welcome there … Because the Syrians have so welcomed Palestinian, Lebanese and Iraqis refugees...The few faithful who dared coming to pick up the courage from the mass burned many candles at the tomb of Blessed Martyrs of Damascus. They exchanged farewells and tears before returning running to their homes under the sounds of gunfire and explosions ...<br />Damascus was spared for 16 months from the violence that tore the other cities of Syria ... her comes our turn to suffer and die.<br />We just managed to fit in a corner under the stairs to shelter with our neighbors from the bombshells, the caves of the parish have just been cleaned …Provided that the Resurrection will not be late after so much suffering ....<br /><br />Damascus July 20, 2012. <br />+ Samir NASSAR<br />Maronite archbishop of Damascus<br />E-mail: mgrsamirnassar@gmail.comAssociation of Pauline Cooperatorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620313417187716937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065250238026219407.post-22621190341084849192012-05-23T12:37:00.001-07:002012-05-23T12:37:37.824-07:00Preparing for the 100th Anniversaries of Founding<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FQxviJXt6IQ/S1DOVNo2WeI/AAAAAAAAA7A/gZWld_a1tSs/s1600/Cab_Img2.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FQxviJXt6IQ/S1DOVNo2WeI/AAAAAAAAA7A/gZWld_a1tSs/s1600/Cab_Img2.bmp" /></a></div>If you are interested in a Pilgrimage to the place of our foundations in Italy now is the time to express interest. In 2014 we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Pauline Family. In 2015 we celebrate the founding of the Daughters of St. Paul. In 2017 we celebrate the founding of the Pauline Cooperator Association. Keep an on on this blog for Pilgrimage updates.<div>Sr Margaret</div>Association of Pauline Cooperatorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620313417187716937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065250238026219407.post-82055274242230460212010-09-02T19:41:00.000-07:002010-09-02T19:41:25.728-07:00Pilgrimage and Filming Blessed Alberione Documentary<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RLPkCI-aPjY/TIBetXIQ7mI/AAAAAAAABNE/oFlilJd5plg/s1600/GA_cine1_300_gray+smaller.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RLPkCI-aPjY/TIBetXIQ7mI/AAAAAAAABNE/oFlilJd5plg/s200/GA_cine1_300_gray+smaller.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>The Pilgrimage is now filled. Those who are coming will join the film crew for the Blessed James Alberione documentary - the chance of a lifetime! Welcome!<br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The film crew is from Spirit Juice Studios: <a href="http://www.spiritjuicestudios.com/">http://www.spiritjuicestudios.com/</a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div>Association of Pauline Cooperatorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620313417187716937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065250238026219407.post-15465576174861852042010-08-16T14:18:00.000-07:002010-08-16T14:18:13.598-07:00Arriving in Newark for the Pilgrimage to Rome<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RLPkCI-aPjY/TGmq93uR19I/AAAAAAAABKo/pWT8NaD_LKg/s1600/Vatican.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="57" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RLPkCI-aPjY/TGmq93uR19I/AAAAAAAABKo/pWT8NaD_LKg/s320/Vatican.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><strong>Travel Arrangements for Newark Airport</strong><br /><br />On October 20, the departure time from Newark will be at 06:00PM from Terminal B on TAP (Portuguese Airlines) flight # 104 to Lisbon.<br />On October 30, the return will arrive in Newark, Terminal B at 03:35PM TAP flight # 103 from Lisbon.<br />We recommend that everyone check in for the flight 2-3 hours before departure, given the lengthy security lines. <br /><br />We will be sending you all the documents to distribute to the group about 2 weeks before scheduled departure. Everyone will get a travel portfolio containing itineraries, flight information, emergency contacts, bag tags, name tags and other goodies.Association of Pauline Cooperatorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620313417187716937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065250238026219407.post-79705582825595457912010-07-23T13:09:00.000-07:002010-07-23T13:10:16.325-07:00Novena to Jesus Way Truth Life during Pilgrimage: Leads to the Feast Day!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RLPkCI-aPjY/R6yz-1XN6HI/AAAAAAAAABo/LYx7E9dJ08g/s1600/2ndJourneymain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="178" hw="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RLPkCI-aPjY/R6yz-1XN6HI/AAAAAAAAABo/LYx7E9dJ08g/s200/2ndJourneymain.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>It turns out that our pilgrimge "road" takes us to the Feast of Jesus Way, Truth and Life. Sr Anne Joan will lead us in the novena as we travel the roads of early Paulines and saints and follow in their footsteps as they traced out the life of Christ - our very calling. Feast of Jesus Divine Master and Shepherd, Way, Truth and Life: October 30, 2010Association of Pauline Cooperatorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620313417187716937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065250238026219407.post-41721082135297799362010-07-19T11:09:00.000-07:002010-07-19T11:11:55.462-07:00Getting closer to the Pilgrimage<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RLPkCI-aPjY/S-Ib3geUpsI/AAAAAAAABE8/UUR3sl_JVxs/s1600/Francis+of+Assisi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" hw="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RLPkCI-aPjY/S-Ib3geUpsI/AAAAAAAABE8/UUR3sl_JVxs/s200/Francis+of+Assisi.jpg" width="150" /></a></div>There is still one month left for you to join us on Pilgrimage to Italy. The Alberione Film Crew is also joining us. See the movie trailer on this page. This statue of St Francis waits for us&nbsp;in a field&nbsp;in Assisi. Assisi has been a deep part of Italian culture since the time Francis joyfully sang in the streets even as he begged for food and lived the life of a poor one of God. Blessed Alberione is not contrasted to Francis. He realized that the gospel is preached and when necessary we use words. The first book people read, Blessed Alberione reminded us, is the book of our life. When we visit the birthplaces of these two heroes of the church our own hearts will reflect the light they put on a lampstand for all to see.Association of Pauline Cooperatorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620313417187716937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065250238026219407.post-11791020380345692302010-07-02T05:51:00.001-07:002010-07-02T05:51:06.664-07:00Very Rev. Robert Hospodar joining us on Pilgrimage!<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Very Rev Robert Hospodar, JCL</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Fr. Hospodar is the Chancellor of the Eparchy of Passaic, NJ for the Byzantine-Ruthenian Catholic Church and Pastor of St Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church in the Lower Eastside of New York City. He is a long-time patron of our Pauline Book &amp; Media Center in Manhattan and a friend of the Daughters of St Paul community. He recently has inquired into the Institute of Jesus the Priest, one of the ten institutes founded by Blessed James Alberione, so this pilgrimage is a chance for him to understand and learn about the Pauline life, charism and mission in greater depth. He is a canon lawyer, historian, sports fanatic and reads about jurisprudence in Italian for fun.<o:p></o:p></span></div>Association of Pauline Cooperatorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620313417187716937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065250238026219407.post-59360081903372907332010-06-30T19:48:00.000-07:002010-07-23T12:20:38.654-07:00Still time to join us on our movie Pilgrimage to Rome!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RLPkCI-aPjY/S-Iafie32kI/AAAAAAAABE0/m6EViaYzAwk/s1600/alberione2.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ru="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RLPkCI-aPjY/S-Iafie32kI/AAAAAAAABE0/m6EViaYzAwk/s1600/alberione2.gif" /></a></div>There is still time to sign up for this historical Pilgrmage that includes the making of the James Alberione documentary. Join us as we explore the land of Alberione, Thecla and Giaccardo with film studios Spirit Juice, script writer Sr Helena Burns, historian Sr Anne Flanagan, our Pauline guides - and a great group of friends! Check out the posts here for more info.Association of Pauline Cooperatorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620313417187716937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065250238026219407.post-81654958482784847032010-06-03T15:34:00.000-07:002010-07-23T12:21:58.782-07:00Milan, Turin, Alba, Assisi, Rome Information<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RLPkCI-aPjY/TAguvfRPP5I/AAAAAAAABIM/4RTYDc11pmE/s1600/Paul.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RLPkCI-aPjY/TAguvfRPP5I/AAAAAAAABIM/4RTYDc11pmE/s320/Paul.jpg" /></a></div>1. You will depart from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) at 06:00PM on an overnight TAP (Portuguese Airline) flight to Lisbon then connecting to Milan (MXP).<br /><br />2. You will arrive in Milan at 11:40AM the following day. The group will have an opportunity to do some sightseeing in Milan via motor coach, so it should not be too tiring. The drive from Milan to Alba should take about 1 hour.<br /><br /><strong>Suggested tips:</strong>3. Tips: we recommend giving the bus driver $3.00 per day, per person = $33.00 total <br /><br />The tour guide should get $5.00 per day per person = $55.00 total<br />The hotel chambermaid should get $2.00 per day = $20.00 total<br />Euros are preferred and the rate of exchange right now is around 1.25 but could easily change by October.<br /><br />4. It is a good idea to use a Debit Card. Pilgrims should check with their banks ahead of time to make sure their pin numbers are compatible with Italian ATM machines. Credit cards charge 5% on transactions, and should only be used for large purchases. Travelex offers prepaid cards that we strongly recommend, since they only charge about 1% per transaction. Travelex can be accessed via the internet at travelex.com. You can lock into a low exchange rate and the card can be used as a credit or debit card good for 4 years.<br /><br /><br />5. It is better to exchange money once in Italy, perhaps exchanging a little bit at the airport. The amount of cash to bring along depends on the individuals. Total tips will average $110.00 for the whole stay, which converted to EUROS, right now would be about EURO 85.00<br /><br />6. October weather brings warm days and cool nights. Layers work best and definitely comfortable shoes. <br /><br />7. One suitcase alone should be checked no heavier than 50 lbs. Additional bags will be charged by the airlines and Select International is not responsible for additional charges for baggage and/or weight excess. One carry-on is permitted that should fit in the overhead compartment or underneath the seat and weigh no more than 40lbs.<br /><br />8. The return time into Newark (EWR) from Rome (FCO) via Lisbon (LIS) is 03:35PM on October 30.<br /><br /><strong>also see TRAVEL TIPS file here:</strong><br /><a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AePIh0MeUzvnZGRnOWJkNWtfMTk2emhtNm1xa3Q&amp;hl=en">http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AePIh0MeUzvnZGRnOWJkNWtfMTk2emhtNm1xa3Q&amp;hl=en</a>Association of Pauline Cooperatorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620313417187716937noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065250238026219407.post-7978006607910639032010-05-18T07:57:00.000-07:002010-05-21T06:43:24.458-07:00PILGRIMAGE to Rome, Milan, Turin, Assisi and Alba - Birthplace of the Pauline Family<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RLPkCI-aPjY/S6ewVhfbpSI/AAAAAAAABCA/dtPWdQMVyAk/s1600/Alberione%20with%20Camera.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RLPkCI-aPjY/S6ewVhfbpSI/AAAAAAAABCA/dtPWdQMVyAk/s200/Alberione%20with%20Camera.jpg" width="132" wt="true" /></a>Join us today! See the places that inspired Blessed James Alberione, Venerable Mother Thecla Merlo, Blessed Timothy Giaccardo, Mother Scholastica - to join in the foundation of the Pauline Family for a new evangelization! See and walk where Peter, Paul and Francis walked. Travel from the great Cathedral of Milan to the wonderous Basilicas of Rome. </div>Association of Pauline Cooperatorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620313417187716937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065250238026219407.post-87890934757312674312010-05-05T18:33:00.000-07:002010-05-25T13:30:18.592-07:00Pilgrimage: Birthplace of the Pauline Family<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RLPkCI-aPjY/S-MKVImitgI/AAAAAAAABFk/tOcTo7T2ACA/s1600/rome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RLPkCI-aPjY/S-MKVImitgI/AAAAAAAABFk/tOcTo7T2ACA/s200/rome.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><b>Celebrating the coming 100th Anniversary of Founding the Pauline Family</b><br /><br />October 20 – 30, 2010<span style="font-size: x-small;">&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Approx Cost: $2,600.00 call Select International for details 1-800-842-4842 - mention Sr Margaret Kerry and Daughters of St Paul, Pauline Cooperators)</span></i><br /><br /><div style="border: medium none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Wednesday </span>October 20, 2010 DAY 1 DEPART THE U.S.A (from Newark Airport) You’ll leave on an overnight flight to Milan.</div><br />Thursday October 21 DAY 2- Milan- ALBA<br /><br /><div style="border: medium none;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RLPkCI-aPjY/S-Iafie32kI/AAAAAAAABE0/m6EViaYzAwk/s1600/alberione2.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RLPkCI-aPjY/S-Iafie32kI/AAAAAAAABE0/m6EViaYzAwk/s320/alberione2.gif" tt="true" /></a>Welcome to Italy. Upon arrival you are met by your English speaking tour escort, and transferred to the city where we see the magnificent Duomo, La Scala Opera and Da Vinci’s Last Supper (pending tickets). Option: stop at the Society of St Paul bookstore by the Duomo. We are then transferred to Alba for a well deserved night of rest. Overnight in Alba. (D.) Daily Mass with a Priest who will accompany us.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RLPkCI-aPjY/S-IcbuDBPXI/AAAAAAAABFM/07I60eHhJqM/s1600/mother+tecla.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RLPkCI-aPjY/S-IcbuDBPXI/AAAAAAAABFM/07I60eHhJqM/s320/mother+tecla.jpg" tt="true" /></a></div>Friday October 22 DAY 3 ALBA (Feast of Blessed Timothy Giaccardo)<br /><br />We visit the home of Don Alberione, Mother Thecla, Timothy Giaccardo and Basilica of St. Paul where Famiglia Christiana is printed. Continue to the Church of San Damiano which was Canon Chiesa's parish where M. Thecla was a catechist and where she met Alberione. The Shrine of the Moretta, the Madonna, where Bishop Re gave Alberione his first assignment as a journalist in charge of the Gazetta D'Alba is in Alba. The seminary of Alba where Alberione was educated and met many of his future Paulines. The Cathedral of Alba is where Alberione received "the inspiration" to begin the Pauline Family. The site near the Cathedral which was the first apartment/convent of the Daughters of St. Paul and their little book store. We end the day with a visit to the Daughters of St. Paul Motherhouse and the bindery operated by our truly senior Sisters. Overnight in Alba. (B.D)<br /><br />Saturday October 23 DAY 4 ALBA and the surrounding area <br /><br />Alberione was born in Fossano, but raised on "The Agricola" near the town of Cherasco where his pastor, Fr. Montersino really encouraged his studies and his vocation. The Church of St. Martin is there as well as the little church of the Madonna delle Grazie, a shrine which young Alberione passed everyday to get to school and where he stopped often to pray. Cherasco even today is a beautiful little town. Street signs are both in English and French. Then a visit to the town of Bra, to the Shrine of Our Lady of the Flowers where Alberione's mother dedicated him to the Blessed Mother. This is very close to Alba, and a place really significant in the life of Alberione. Overnight in Alba. (B.D.) <br /><br />Sunday October 24 DAY 5 – ASSISI <br /><br />We are in Assisi home of St. Francis and St. Clare. The walking tour includes visits to the Basilica of St. Francis and Church of St. Clare as well as visits St. Mary of the Angels with the famous thornless rose bush, and San Damiano. Overnight Assisi. (B.D.)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RLPkCI-aPjY/S-Ib3geUpsI/AAAAAAAABE8/UUR3sl_JVxs/s1600/Francis+of+Assisi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RLPkCI-aPjY/S-Ib3geUpsI/AAAAAAAABE8/UUR3sl_JVxs/s200/Francis+of+Assisi.jpg" tt="true" width="150" /></a></div><br />Monday October 25 DAY 6 ASSISI-ORVIETO-ROME <br /><br />We depart for Rome following Holy Mass. Enroute we stop in Orvieto to see the magnificent Cathedral and to view the Miracle of the Eucharist of Bolsena. Upon arrival in Rome settle into your hotel. Rest of the afternoon in Rome and evening is at leisure. (B.)<br /><br />Tuesday October 26 DAY 8 CHRISTIAN and ANCIENT ROME<br /><br /><br />Our day is filled with visits to the major Basilica’s of Rome including the Basilica of Saints Mary Major &amp; John Lateran, Holy Stairs and Holy Cross in Jerusalem. In the afternoon you tour Ancient Rome, highlighting the Coliseum, Piazza Venezia, Aurelian Wall, Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain and other major sights of Rome. T he day ends at St. Peter’s Basilica where we have a guided tour with head phones and visit the Tomb of John Paul II. Overnight Rome. (B.)<br /><br />October 27 DAY 8 Wednesday- Papal Audience- <br /><br />The day starts with early Mass followed by the Papal Audience. We then walk over to the Vatican Museum where we have a private guided tour which includes the incomparable Sistine Chapel. Rest of the day is at leisure. Tonight you have the opportunity to sample some of the best food in the world when you explore Rome on your own. Overnight Rome. (B.)<br /><br />Thursday October 28 DAY 9Sts. PETER AND PAUL in ROME<br /><br />"St. Paul Tour" of Rome begins at the small church which enshrines the room believed to be St. Paul's apartment there. It is in the Jewish sector, not far from the Gesu. Then we drive the Apian Way to the famous church of Quo Vadis, located on the spot where Christ appeared to Peter, and the Apostle asked “ Domine, quo vadis? “ (Where are you going, Lord) and the Lord replied “I am going to Rome to be crucified for the second time”. Peter understood the message and returned to face his martyrdom. We also stop at the Inn where Paul stopped for rest, before arriving at the seat of the former Holy Roman Empire. We visit the Catacombs where the early Christians hid, prayed and buried their dead. Of special interest are the Catacombs of St. Sebastian with remnants of the original basilica dedicated to Peter and Paul. Continue with a visit St. Paul’s Basilica, built over the burial place of the Saint. Nearby is the sight of Three Fountains, said to spring up as the Apostles head bounced three times, after his beheading. Finally we see the Mamertine prison, where St. Peter and St. Paul were imprisoned. Overnight Rome. (B.D.) <br /><br /><br />Friday October 29 DAY 10 PAULINE FAMILY SITES IN ROME<br /><br />Queen of Apostles Basilica, Blessed Alberione’s rooms, General House of the Daughters of St Paul, Church of the Divine Master of the Sister Disciples of the Divine Master, General House of the Society of St Paul.<br /><br /><br />Saturday October 30 DAY 11 – RETURN TO THE U.S.A <br /><br /><br /><b>IMPORTANT DATES FOR RESERVING YOUR PILGRIMAGE</b><br /><br /> May31, 2010: $500.00 deposits per person individual deposit along with trip cancelation insurance/travel premium is due in order to hold space. MAY BE EXTENDED to ebd if&nbsp; JUNE. Please call if you have any other questions: Sr Margaret’s Cell Phone: 617-510-5409<br /><br /> July 17, 2010: 90-day review, all payments become non-refundable.<br /><br /> August 5, 2010 Final invoices issued and final payment is due. Name changes are not permitted after this date.<br /><br /> September 20, 2010 Documents are mailed out.<br />www.selectinternationaltours.com 1-800-842-4842<br /><br /><b>Send Check or Money Order to</b><br /><br />Select International 85 Park Ave. Flemington, NJ 08822<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="border: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Association of Pauline Cooperatorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620313417187716937noreply@blogger.com2